Barrafranca

Barrafranca (Latin: Convicinum, Calloniana^[3]) is a comune and city in Sicily, southern Italy in the Province of Enna.

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. (January 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at [[:it:Barrafranca]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|it|Barrafranca}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Quick Facts Country, Region ...

Barrafranca
Comune
Comune di Barrafranca
Location of Barrafranca
Barrafranca Location of Barrafranca in Italy Show map of Italy Barrafranca Barrafranca (Sicily) Show map of Sicily
Coordinates: 37°22′N 14°12′E / 37.367; 14.200][[Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas]]"},"html":"Coordinates: </templatestyles>\"}' data-mw='{\"name\":\"templatestyles\",\"attrs\":{\"src\":\"Module:Coordinates/styles.css\"},\"body\":{\"extsrc\":\"\"}}'/>37°22′N 14°12′E / 37.367°N 14.200°E / 37.367; 14.200"}">
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Enna (EN)
Government
• Mayor	Fabio Accardi
Area [1]
• Total	53.64 km2 (20.71 sq mi)
Elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
Population  (30 November 2017)[2]
• Total	12,969
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Demonym	Barresi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	94012
Dialing code	0934
Patron saint	Saint Alexander I
Saint day	May 3
Website	Official website

Close

A Roman fortification known as Calloniana, in 1529 it was founded by Pietro Barresi, Prince of Pietraperzia, and took the current name from the Barresi family. Pietro was the first Marquis of Barrafranca. His sister married Conrado Branciforte, count of Mazzarino, whose family took possession of the town.^[4]

Sights include the Duomo of Barrafranca (18th century, in late Sicilian Baroque style ) with a painting attributed to Filippo Paladino, and the Benedictine Monastery, another example of late Baroque architecture. The church of Santa Maria dell'Itria houses an Annunciation painted by Mattia Preti. Finally, the church of Maria Santissima della Stella also has interior artworks.